Isabella Teng

all i want to say (two letters and a poem) (2024)

typewritten text on paper

"The Line": 40 x 21 cm 
(approx)

"The Cosmonaut": 100 x 21 cm  (approx)

"Dear Pierre": 500 x 21 cm
(approx)

Written in 2022 while I was in LASALLE completing my MA in Fine Arts, "The Line" was a text fragment that reflected my obsession with the line as a visual element, but also as a symbol of distance and connection. The two poems and letter, updated and converted into visual poetry, are a tribute to my partner Pierre, who transited out of the physical earlier this year, on his grandest journey yet.

Isabella Teng Yen Lin (b.1990) is an artist working primarily in the fields of drawing, painting and installation. Her MA exegesis, titled "How to See A Line", attempted to map the relationship between text and drawing.

Isabella has shown her work at Art Stage Singapore, OCBC Art Space, ASEAN Culture House (Busan, ROK), among other public and private venues. She received the Winston Oh Travel Award in 2022, and the Saranggong Art Prize in 2023. Isabella completed her MA Fine Arts at LASALLE College of the Arts (2021-22). Prior, she received her BA (Hons) in English Literature from the National University of Singapore (2014) and attended the Visiting International Students’ Program at Yale University, USA (2011-12).